Programmed Cell Death Contributes Force To Movement Of Cells

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 22:21 in Biology & Nature

In addition to pruning cells out of the way during embryonic development, the much-studied process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, has been newly found to exert significant mechanical force on surrounding cells.

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